Positive effects of lower extremity constraint-induced movement therapy on balance, leg strength and dual-task ability in stroke patients: a longitudinal cohort study.

Objective: To investigate whether high-intensity lower extremity constraint-induced movement therapy can improve balance, leg strength, and dual-task ability.

Design: A longitudinal cohort study in a real-world outpatient clinic.

Patients: 147 community-dwelling participants in the subacute and chronic poststroke phases.

Lower-extremity constraint-induced movement therapy improved motor function, mobility, and walking after stroke.

Background: To regain the ability to walk is one of the most commonly stated goals for people who have had a stroke due to its importance in everyday life. Walking ability affects patients' mobility, self-care, and social lives. Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is known to be effective in improving upper extremity outcomes post-stroke.

High prevalence of persistent symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life 6 months after COVID-19.

Background: The long-term sequelae after COVID-19 constitute a challenge to public health and increased knowledge is needed. We investigated the prevalence of self-reported persistent symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in relation to functional exercise capacity, 6 months after infection, and explored risk factors for COVID-19 sequalae.

Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, cohort study including 434 patients.

Effects of lower limb intensive mass practice in poststroke patients: single-subject experimental design with long-term follow-up.

Objective: To investigate the effects of two weeks of intensive mass practice with a constraint-induced movement therapy approach for the lower extremity in five chronic poststroke patients, and the persistence of effects at three and six months.

Design: A single-subject experimental design (SSED) was used with an AB design and follow-ups three and six months later.

Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation at Torsby Hospital in Sweden.